I'm not going to lie, I don't think i will ever buy another kit that isn't a Ludwig. Just got an early 80's classic maple kit, and its unreal!! Next on the to-get-list is Vistalites!!! Those are wicked!

So 12 years after selling my last Ludwig Super Classic kit from 93' I bought another off Craigslist today!!! I can't tell you how stoked I am! My original was a 6 piece kit consisting of 8", 10", 12", 14", 16" with an 18" x 20" kick all virgin toms and kick on RIMS with Blue wraps. The kit I bought today has a 12", 13", 16". 18" and 24" kick. Not sure of the depth but it's what I would call an arena kit. In other words deep as hell. In fact I had to raise my throne by about 4" to accomodate the size difference. The shells are laquer stained a green color that almost looks teal in the sunlight. Sorry for the poor quality picture I'll post better later.

This kit is a 97' and while I'm not a big fan of the Bonham sizes (especially for gigging) it sounds FANTASTIC! I don't know why they quit making this 4 ply maple masterpiece..

Here's my newest kit, a 7 piece set of Ludwig Centennials in green sparkle lacquer. It's my first Ludwig kit. Apart from a few problems upon receiving the kit (everything's been set straight though), I am really loving these drums! PS. I know the red kit is not Ludwig, but I could resist; grandpa bought my 2 year old son his first drum kit yesterday for his birthday :)

Couple more photos of my kits. The Black Diamond Pearl is actually a 4pc but I play it in a 3pc reduction. I've added "Gull Wing" kick drum spurs to it recently because I can't stand the disaster that luddy used for the stock bent rectangle barstock spurs.

Ok I'm inspired so I pulled them out of the boxes and just set up the shells. Man pics like this make me remember I need to clean my basement. And WOW I never noticed how bad the bass drum fading is. Bought these in 89. I CAN FEEL IT!!!! THE WIFE WILL BE YELLING STOP PLAYING!!! VERY SOON.. LOL.

Wow, that set is in great condition! Is the snare drum that pristine as well?

Yes, snare is in awesome shape. Only pitting at all is on a couple of cymbal stands.....and the feet (Some of the hardware is Ludwig Atlas, but some is Ludwig Hercules which has metal "swivel" feet instead of rubber boots. Over the years, the feet picked up some rust.